Description
The scientific collections of Lund Universty Botanical Museum (Herbarium LD) comprise 2.5 million specimens divided into algae & cyanobacteria (102 000), bryophytes (149 000), fungi (63 000), lichens (170 000) and vascular plants (2 000 000). The collections go back to the 18th century and represent more than 250 years of scientific research. Coverage is worldwide with particularly important collections from Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Greece, Turkey, North Africa, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Australia.
Data Records
The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 1,219,223 records.
This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.
Versions
The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.
How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
Wittzell H (2024). Lund University Biological Museum - Botanical collection (LD). Version 362.863. Lund University Biological Museum. Occurrence dataset. https://www.gbif.se/ipt/resource?r=ld-general&v=362.863
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
The publisher and rights holder of this work is Lund University Biological Museum. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC 4.0) License.
GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: aab0cf80-0c64-11dd-84d1-b8a03c50a862. Lund University Biological Museum publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF Sweden.
Keywords
Occurrence; Specimen; Occurrence
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Geographic Coverage
Specimens worldwide from Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Oceania and Antarctica. Particularly important collections from Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Greece, Turkey, North Africa, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Australia.
Bounding Coordinates | South West [-90, -180], North East [90, 180] |
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Temporal Coverage
Living Time Period | 1700-current |
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Additional Metadata
Alternative Identifiers | aab0cf80-0c64-11dd-84d1-b8a03c50a862 |
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https://www.gbif.se/ipt/resource?r=ld-general |